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Full Idea
I move the more freely towards an object in proportion to the number of reasons which compel me.
Gist of Idea
The more reasons that compel me, the freer I am
Source
René Descartes (Letter to Mersenne [1642])
Book Ref
Dennett,Daniel C.: 'Elbow Room - Free will worth wanting' [MIT 1999], p.20
| 22506 | A man is the cause of what is within his power, and what he causes is in his power [Aristotle] |
| 23327 | Stoics expanded the idea of compulsion, and contracted what counts as one's own actions [Stoic school, by Frede,M] |
| 23331 | Not even Zeus can control what I choose [Epictetus] |
| 1855 | If we saw something as totally and utterly good, we would be compelled to will it [Aquinas] |
| 3789 | The more reasons that compel me, the freer I am [Descartes] |
| 23676 | A willed action needs reasonable understanding of what is to be done [Reid] |
| 8353 | Freedom involves acting according to an idea [Anscombe] |